Understanding Alternative Investments

Creating Diversified Portfolios that Ride the Wave of Investment Success

  • Authors
  • Stephen Todd Walker
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: That was Then, This is Now
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 1-22
  3. Does the Universe Move in Waves
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 23-42
  4. Not All Financial Advisors are Created Equal
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 43-50
  5. Access to Alternative Investments and Competitive Advantages
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 51-63
  6. The Changing Financial Landscape
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 65-78
  7. I Hate to Say It, But I Told You So
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 79-92
  8. The “Smart Money” is Global
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 93-111
  9. Hedge Funds: Evil or Angels in Disguise
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 113-145
  10. The Fools’ Gold or the Real Deal?
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 147-157
  11. Venture Capital
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 159-200
  12. Asset Allocation and Alternative Investments
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 201-222
  13. Modern Portfolio Allocation
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 223-243
  14. Devising Portfolios with Alternative Investments (Active vs. Passive)
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 245-263
  15. The Asset Allocation Process and Sample Portfolios
    Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 265-279
  16. Back Matter
    Pages 281-319
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About this book

Introduction

Walker outlines the tools necessary to evaluate alternative investments and further diversify your portfolio using hedge funds, real estate, venture capital, gold and more. Using ground-breaking data on alternative investments, the author explores how to apply new risk measurements for building a portfolio with these investment vehicles.

Keywords

Alternative Investment asset allocation Investment Investments Portfolio Portfolio Management Venture Capital

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370198
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, New York
  • eBook Packages Business and Economics
  • Print ISBN 978-1-137-37018-1
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-37019-8
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